Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with a remarkable number. Right now around 95 wildfires are burning in the western u. S. And tonight the u. S. Military is answering an urgent call for help. At least 100 troops have been called up in Washington State. The first deployment of active duty soldiers to battle fires in nine years. The fires are burning across at least six states. The stakes are high, and so is the cost. 100 million a week. At that rate Officials Say the money will run out next month. Our team is deployed across the region. Lets start in chelan, washington with National Correspondent miguel almaguer. Miguel . Reporter hey, lester, good evening. Heavy smoke hangs in the air here. Behind me there is destruction. In front of me two miles ahead a wildfire is moving in multiple directions. At least 56,000 acres here are been destroyed. More than 32 homes are gone. This as that fire is on the
Afternoon. 94 yesterday. The heat looks to have peaked yesterday afternoon with that 94. The humidity, its just as high this morning and it will stay steamy through the day. Clear view across the delaware. This is the view from the adventure aquarium. Philadelphia International Reporting a few scattered clouds but thats it. Widespread wet weather will wait until later in the week. Youll feel the mugginess through the day today. Temperatures climb with bright sunshine, into the low 90s this afternoon. The sun coming up just after 6 15. Well be watching for the few clouds this afternoon and a slight chance of an ice stated shower later today. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Right now lets get a check of the first alert traffic. Katy zachry is taking a look at this this morning. As the skies are clear, so are the roads this morning. No major accidents on any of the major routes in pennsylvania, new jersey or delaware. Taking a live lo
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Lived here 33 years. So its hard to see this. Reporter tonight lives in ruins as this fire rages on. Miguel almaguer, nbc news, washington state. This is joe fryer in simi valley, california. Wildfires are tearing through miles of parched wilderness grassland and creeping dangerously close to neighborhoods. You can see the flames just about maybe 20 feet away from that one fence. Reporter a small brush fire in simi valley spread quickly. Hundreds of homes in its path. Started over there. And it just came like a whirlwind through. The only thing we had on our side was it was not windy that day. Reporter with a quick aerial attack and strike teams on the ground staying ahead of the flames, all the houses were spared. Firefighters fear conditions are ripe for a perfect storm here. The ground is so dry fires are moving unusually fast and the warm santa ana winds are still to come. If we get to the point where we have a santa anadriven fire, were going to be looking at some real scary condi
Temperatures out there right now. In fact, temperatures are warming into the mid, possibly upper 80s as we continue through this day. In fact, take a look at the National Harbor cam. It is a Beautiful Day out there. However, it is a little bit on the warm side as we will continue to see these temperatures rise. In fact, well will most likely into the mid 90s but its going to feel warmer than that and hes your capital camera as well. We have clear skies. We could have a little bit of rain chances as we get into this week. Were going to talk about the rain chances coming up in a few minutes and also talk about if we can break the heat wave. Well show you that coming up in a few minutes. At the live desk, right now crews working a massive fire. Take a look at some of the video. This is a business called friendly trucks along akalon road. Firefighters have been on the scene for about two hours. Theyre doing an extensive overhaul on this building. No word on what started the fire. No one wa